So, it’s a little too early to really know how things are going to change with the new job as far as time for books and audiobooks—but I can tell you how it’s going this week. I’ve found about the same time to read—it’s shifted and in different sized chunks. So that’s a relief. But audiobook-time has taken a dive, maybe this week I’ll be able to finish the not-very-long book that I started Friday. In the midst of all the personal upheaval, one thing has remained constant—it’s time for WWW Wednesday!
This meme was formerly hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and revived on Taking on a World of Words—and shown to me by Aurore-Anne-Chehoke at Diary-of-a-black-city-girl.
The Three Ws are:
What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next?
Easy enough, right?
What are you currently reading?
I’m reading The Dead House by Harry Bingham, the next novel in one of those series that I keep getting distracted from, and I’m listening to The Deep Blue Alibi by Paul Levine, William Dufris (Narrator) on audiobook—switching narrators from the first book threw me a little, but am enjoying it (when I can listen).
What did you recently finish reading?
I just finished Andy Abramowitz’s A Beginner’s Guide to Free Fall and Black Arts by Faith Hunter, Khristine Hvam (Narrator) on audio.
What do you think you’ll read next?
My next book should be The Far Empty by J. Todd Scott and my next audiobook (assuming I ever finish The Deep Blue Alibi) should be Burned by Benedict Jacka, Gildart Jackson (Narrator).
Hit me with your Three W’s in the comments! (no, really, do it!)
Allyson Johnson
I just finished reading Ursula K. LeGuin’s “Lavinia”, an extensiion of Virgil’s “Aeneid” from the point of view of the Latin princess whose choice of Aeneas over her local suitor precipitated a bunch of Italian mayhem on the way to establishing Rome. Much better than most of these sorts of pastiches. I also reread one of my comfort books, Rudyard Kipling’s “Kim”, one of the best of the “orphan boy discovers his true heritage” stories. (The meme dates back at least to King Arthur.)
Currently finishing “The Aeneid” which is much better toward the end than at the beginning (especially if you speed-read through much of the mayhem.) And down to the last of a collection of Daphne du Maurier’s early short stories, “The Doll”, most of which are deservedly forgotten, though a couple show early signs of her mastery of weird. Also reading “Moby Duck” by Donvan Hohn, as my bedside book, a fun account of the floating fate of 28,000 bathtub toys which spilled from a container ship on the way from China to the US.
Next I will maybe read “The Red Sphinx”, the recently republished sequel to Alexander Dumas’s “3 Musketeers” (It’s been on my TBR quite a while) and I also have on hand Gore Vidal’s “1875” recommended by a friend. I also have a book picked up on a whim “The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek” by Kim Richardson. I have a weakness for books about bookstores and librarians.